Annabeth
Feminine · “grace”
Annabeth joins Anna to Beth — grace and my-God-is-an-oath — two Hebrew names welded together in America.
How old is the name Annabeth?
Annabeth first appears in US birth records in 1919 — 106 years ago. The typical Annabeth is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,700 people named Annabeth are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Annabeth most popular?
Annabeth peaked in 2014, reaching #1164 nationally. Today it ranks #2076, 912 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.
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Where it comes from
From channah to Annabeth
The story of Annabeth
American and British naming joined Anna and Beth in the twentieth century the way German joined Anna and Liese earlier — two short names treated as one. A 2005 novel series made Annabeth widely familiar to younger readers. It appears in the American registers in current use.
Meaning
grace; my God is an oath
A compound of Anna, from the Hebrew channah, 'grace', and Beth, from Elisabeth, from the Hebrew Elisheva, 'my God is an oath'. Both halves are genuine and both meanings settled. The joining is a modern English-language practice rather than an inherited compound.
How the name formed
- channah
- Anna Beth
- Annabeth
Related forms: Annabelle · Annabith
Pronouncing Annabeth
AN-uh-beth
Three syllables, stress on the first. Said identically in every English accent.
Nicknames for Annabeth
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1919
- Most girls named
- 2014211 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1164reached in 2014
- Change vs 2024
- −16.7%90 in 2025, from 108
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Annabeth in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Annabelle in English — related form
- Annabith in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, North Carolina.
Annabeths among us
people named Annabeth are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 17,859 born in 2025 was named Annabeth
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Daysha test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Annabeth's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Daysha climbed just as high around 1996, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Daysha's path sketches the road Annabeth is walking now.
Annabeth sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Annabeth is headed
Annabeth should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Annabeth beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Annabeth in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Both halves are genuine Hebrew names with settled meanings.
- Anna and Beth are two short forms, both with large records.
- Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
- The compound is modern rather than inherited.
- One novel series dominates the association for younger readers.
- Annabel and Annabeth are close enough to confuse.
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Frequently asked
- How many Annabeths are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,700 people named Annabeth are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Annabeth in 2025?
- Annabeth ranks #2076 among US girl names in 2025, with 90 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Annabeth?
- About 1 in every 17,859 US girls born in 2025 was named Annabeth — 90 in all.
- Will my child share the name Annabeth with classmates?
- Annabeth will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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